On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 20:32:24 -0700 (PDT), Murali Parth wrote > Hello List ! > Sorry to bother you again, but with fresher errors.I > downloaded the driver for Logitech QUICKCAM EXPRESS > from the site : http://qce-ga.sourceforge.net.Then > after extracting I ran the script "quickcam.sh" and > the following are the messages I got.It seems that the > problem lies with detection of the device.When I do > an ls -l /dev/video0 and it displays the major,minor > nos. as 81 & 0 and /dev/video as 81 & 1.I removed the > file hwconf and ran "kudzu".It detects the USB > controller as "desc: "VIA Technologies|VT82xxxxx UHCI > USB 1.1 Controller" .Now the result of quickcam.sh > follows : > > 'Now everything should be well and the driver > compiled. > Let's then try actually loading the fresh driver and > testing > if it works. > Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue ---> > To load the driver, I need to know the root password. > === Entering root mode === > > I will now try to enable the SysRq key. > If your computer crashes, you can try pressing: > Alt + SysRq + S: Emergency Sync (write > everything on hard disk) > Alt + SysRq + U: Unmount all harddisks > Alt + SysRq + B: Reboot system immediately > Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue ---> > Now I finally will try to load the module. > If you're unlucky, your computer might crash right > now!!!! > Consider long if you really want to continue. > Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue ---> > You decided to do it, here we go... > === Leaving root mode === > The driver detected the following supported cameras: > [!] No cameras detected. > Try unloading and reloading the driver manually with > rmmod quickcam; insmod ./quickcam.ko debug=-1 > and then checking whether there are any messages > indicating > problems with command > dmesg > WARNING: I'll try to continue anyway, but this > probably will fail. > Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue ---> > I will be using , if there are more cameras I'll not > test them. > Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue ---> > Testing if is correct. > ls: : No such file or directory > ls: : No such file or directory > ./quickcam.sh: line 547: [: too many arguments > ls: : No such file or directory > ls: : No such file or directory > [!] major number is . > Usually it should be 81, so there are problems ahead. > WARNING: I'll try to continue anyway, but this > probably will fail. > Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue ---> > > Right now driver is loaded and ready to run. > If you like, you can quit now and start using the > camera - > you have good chances that it works, if no problems > were detected. > If you have X Window System running and xawtv > installed, > I can now run it automatically for you. > You will then also have opportunity to install the > driver permanently. > Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue ---> > Launching xawtv (press q on xawtv window to quit > it)... > xawtv -noscale -noxv -c "" > This is xawtv-3.92, running on Linux/i686 > (2.6.5-1.358) > v4l-conf: option requires an argument -- c > usage: v4l-conf [ options ] > > options: > -q quiet > -d <dpy> X11 Display [:0.0] > -c <dev> video device [/dev/video0] > -b <n> displays color depth is <n> bpp > -s <n> shift display by <n> bytes > -f query frame buffer device for info > -a <addr> set framebuffer address to <addr> > (in hex, root only, successful > autodetect > will overwrite this address) > -1 force v4l API > -2 force v4l2 API > v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway > v4l2: open : No such file or directory > v4l2: open : No such file or directory > v4l: open : No such file or directory > no video grabber device available > > Well, did it work, did you get a picture? > If you did, you might now want to install the driver > permanently. Just proceed to do that... > Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue ---> > Just an extra warning: the driver (quickcam.ko) and > the utility (qcset) will be now copied into system > directories. If you have already other versions, > they will be overwritten. Verify by giving root > password. > === Entering root mode === > /usr/bin/install -c -D -m 644 quickcam.ko > /lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/misc/quickcam.ko > /usr/bin/install -c -D -m 755 qcset > /usr/local/bin/qcset > /sbin/depmod -a > === Leaving root mode === > Hopefully the driver is now installed and can be > loaded > with command > modprobe quickcam > as root. You can put this command into some startup > script to do it always automatically at boot. > The exact location depends on distribution, and this > script is yet too dumb to do this automatically. > Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue ---> > Goodbye... ' > Then I did the following : > [root@muralinux qc-usb-0.6.0]# modprobe quickcam > [root@muralinux qc-usb-0.6.0]# lsmod > Module Size Used by > quickcam 59060 0 > ohci_hcd 14748 0 > uhci_hcd 23708 0 > tuner 15380 0 > bttv 129292 0 > video_buf 14468 1 bttv > i2c_algo_bit 7304 1 bttv > v4l2_common 4864 1 bttv > btcx_risc 3592 1 bttv > i2c_core 16388 3 > tuner,bttv,i2c_algo_bit > videodev 6656 2 quickcam,bttv > --------------------------------------------- > Could anyone help me to provide clue to unravelling > this problem ? Thanks. > Murali [snip] All I did was to add the line 'modprobe quickcam' to my /etc/rc.d/rc.local file. So when the system boots, it will install the driver. Wolf -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org)
